Pete Doherty "in mourning" for drugs

Pete Doherty has admitted that he is in mourning for his drug-taking past.

He said he enjoys being sober after kicking his addictions, but is still adjusting to his new lifestyle.

The Babyshambles frontman told NME:"It's hard work. I think I miss it [drugs] a bit. After years of entrenched drug abuse, you have a mourning period. I know it's a bit sad, but I'm in mourning. I'm in mourning for an armful."

Doherty was last week given a two-year suspended jail sentence, an 18-month supervision order and a 12-month drug rehabilitation order after admitting to possession of heroin, crack cocaine, ketamine and cannabis, as well as driving without insurance or MOT.

However, he predicted that his chances of staying out of trouble are "quite slim", saying: "It's quite a lengthy probation requirement and drug-testing order. It might have been better to do a couple of months and have it done with, to be honest. But that's a bit defeatist - it's pessimistic.

"I don't want to go to jail, I've had enough of all that. But the chances of me not getting arrested once in the next 18 months are quite slim really - the way the Old Bill are."

Talking about the band's new LP Shotter's Nation, he said: "I'm proud of the new album. I just want to get on the road and play those songs."

Cole: 'Doherty is a waste of fresh air'

Cheryl Cole has branded Pete Doherty "a waste of fresh air" for taking drugs.

The Girls Aloud star - who saw one of her friends die of a drugs overdose - said she is proud she was never tempted herself and blasted Doherty for setting a bad example.

She said: "Pete Doherty is not a poet. He writes s**t. He is a waste of fresh air. Why is he such a genius? Because he went out with Kate Moss? And he gets let off from jail.

"Kids think: ‘Oh, he doesn’t even get locked up’. More deserving people are on the waiting list for methadone every single day."

Cole previously hit out at the Babyshambles frontman last year, saying: "That junkie idiot. I think it’s disgusting. There are enough drug problems going on without him being in the public eye for it and sticking needles in his arm in the press."

Kate Moss to wed new beau?

Kate Moss has reportedly told friends she is engaged to her new rocker beau - The Kills' guitarist Jamie Hince. The 33 year old supermodel recently split from on-off love interest Pete Doherty.

The proposal is said to have come from Moss during a weekend wedding reception, and an unnamed source told the Daily Mirror "They're clearly in love with each other."

Kate Moss Joins the Olympic Bid

British supermodel Kate Moss wants the Olympic Games to be held in her native country. The beauty has joined her fashion friends Paul Smith, Mario Testino and Sam Taylor-Wood in their new project 40 Artists, 40 Days, to raise awareness of the attempt of the United Kingdom to host the XXX Olympic Games.

Paris, New York, Moscow, Madrid and London are vying, making bids, to host the 2012 Olympic Games, and in early July the results will be announced. Britain will be counting down 40 days till July 5, the day the International Olympic Committee will choose a city to host the Games. Until that time, photos of Kate Moss, made by fashion photographer Mario Testino, will be dispayed on Tate Online, www.tate.org.uk/40artists40days, alongside with other original videos, music, texts, performances and visual art.

Moss will be photographed by Testino for the project which will tout some of the city’s unique selling points, including Paul Smith’s London logo and boxing prodigy Amir Khan photographed by Taylor-Wood.

"The vision for 2012 is that sport and the arts will come together in London for the biggest celebration this city has ever known," said Tate Online director Sir Nicholas Serota, according to British Vogue.

Meantime Moss' boyfriend Pete Doherty dreams to marry the supermodel the next weekend. The Babyshamble’s frontman says:

"We're driving through Gretna Green next weekend, so who knows? I might be able to persuade her,” femalefirst.co.uk cited the singer.

"Kate's been there for me. She's my rock. Not my rock of crack though.